Overview

Architect and Poet Salim Ahmed Salim lives in Nizamuddin, India, along with his widowed mother. He re-locates to Lucknow where he is employed with Shirazi & Company. He instructs her not to leave the house, and when she persists, he sells the house and decides to re-locate to Lahore, Pakistan. Salim attempts to stop them but Hamid assaults him and leaves him senseless. Salim does recover but takes to alcohol and a Courtesan named Phoolrani in a big way. His mother intervenes, and compels him to get married to their new neighbor's daughter, Sahira, which he reluctantly does. Now trapped in a marriage with a woman he does not love, Salim continues to frequent Phoolrani's brothel, with hopes of being re-united with his estranged sweetheart - only to find that the seemingly demure Sahira will not let go of him that easily.

Genres

Cast

Rishi Kapoor

Salim Ahmed Salim

Padmini Kolhapure

Salma A. Mirza

Asrani

Jamal

Iftekhar

Akhtar Mirza

Deepti Naval

Sahira H. Khan / Sahira S. Salim

Om Prakash

Nawab

Agha

Shirazi

Jalal Agha

Qawaal

Vijay Arora

Qawaal

Mumtaz Begum

Akhtar's mom

Leela Mishra

Badi Bi

Murad

Hamid Ali Khan